Coin-controlled release for mechanisms



June 24, 1930. wLA. TRATSCH 1,766,203

COIN CONTROLLED RELEASE FOR MECHANISMS Filed Sept. 5, 1929' s Sheets -Shet 1 S-maentor WA; Thzisch W. A. TRATSCH COIN CONTROLLED RELEASE FOR MECHANISMS June 24, 1930.

s sheets-sheet 2 Filed Sept. 5, 1929 Z'mventor W Tr'aiisch June 24, 1930. w. A. TRATSCH COIN CONTROLLED RELEASE FOR MECHANISMS Filed Sept. 5, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 (ittomeg c ornp1e 1y'assembled device Patented June 24, 1930 .WALTEQQAQLITKRATSCH, 0F oxixcmeo, ILLINOIS com-genome ReL ewe M Q AN M J This inuention relates to acoin controlled release -fQ 1" Inechani sms andfhasfof its obj ect to provide a construction more; efficient in usethan thoseheretofore pi oposed. With these and .other objects "in yiew the invention resides in i the' novel details "of construction andfieombin'ations' of pia'rtsl-as' Will'he UIILOI'B fully j hereinafter disclosed and pa ticularly pointed out i'nfthe. claims. "Referring 'to the accompanyingdi'awings' qrm ngla part rthi sp ifi i i hii like numerals "desig atefike parts fall a "Fig Tl 9; ig i rea 'l t ti ne' t w i h j i ig -fii co'vei'fplate of'thedevicey" f v ig; is a partial 'transx ers' e sectional vi ewtalgenas onthe'line of'FigJ3 and looking in the direction of .th QLII OWS;

' 5 is a demitvif wreprese ting a slight niodification of ah ad-"pf the holdlng level j 51*? i; 6 is a front eleyationail'view of the device With the oye p1ate removed; T

F ig. "Tis a diagi ain'lnatijc pers ective View to illustrate the epemtiongof "thfe' banpu lever some of its associated p a'iitsf igi8 is a rear elevational iew of the bracket support for the I return flever, said View showing so neof the parts associated .with said lever;

5 Fig. 9 is atop plan" iew" of the parts shown 'in Figsfi and 5 in +l g-T a er i e ect pna ie Fig. l0 is'a perspective viewoit'the means, enipl'oyed for moving'a coin through thezdee vlce' I ,I "m 7 Fig; '11 Lisa yertica'l sectional vie wctaken 0 in: hut take 9m-the-1,.l i ,e 1.2%12 of Ei n ki iin l wiie et e a f th i "R g-I113 lisiz il ai sy lis 1s ,fiqnal mew s1;-emtia emwew th rea elevational" yiew of Zt he' nffil eg septq ber a, 1a29. Serial No. seopoofi size. Said deyice' v ;theref0're Iseryesas lobk fora-mechanism and will be found pal ticulaily useiful' in may instances. The device is compact havingfin the""preferred forin, dimensions of fapprofxin ately fi-xfe inches by six inches'with anave'rafge A ing, the parts thereof flin adi-if'erent position. 7

comprise'sa-housing of a shape as cleai'ly; understood from Figures l and 'lhthe'iea'r oflthe' housing-being open and the edge poi? tions thereof provided withhosses as"ind i- Dated "at 1,12 and 3 which are drilled and thi eaded to receive'bolts onscrewsrbyineans I ofiwh eh the device 1s secured 1n place on the mechanismto be controlled. The ho'uslng has tWo opposite-vertical side Walls land 5, a top Wall 6 substantially rectangularly disposed tothe side Walls, a bottom 'circulai' Wall and a front face or Wall '8', the latter having a circular outwardly extending rib portion 9 Within which the'coyer plate 10 The cover plate" is'centrally apeftnred to I permit'the handle 11 to pass therethrough said handle being undetacha'bly butijOtata bly secured" to the cover fplate by 7 means m3 j an internally .e Xp'anded portion 12 as 'ill'ustfa-ted'in Fig. 11 so that: the han'ollemay' be rotated Without moving the-cover plate. The shaft lo'f'the handle pnoVided Wit-h :a pectangular pocket l3 to" receive thesilnilai'ly' sh aped'head '14, o fakey' member 15 d the opposite end 16 of which is squared to fita similarly shaped opening iiithe' bar eturn mhen Thus it will be u-nderstoo'dv releasedg will set into operation ge' m'e mecha-l nisfn, the release of saidbar automatically being iconti'ngent upon the insertion in said device of a coin or disk iofapredeterminc d the h i g' previ d' h a y o -Sw l? 1 112 tojkeepthe'ber nncle 'ltension; The 'up emp y d w iitil- 'lei qn ih e mum leyen comprising th (fi ed e ifj hei pl iis t A e V wTh -g i ffi f 9 g ajdependin stop 5105 'ailapted Qto engage a.

lretlii'nlevei for ulimiting 'o've em; in one ,Theoperatingibjai f is epresentegl in the drawing by the numeral; 110'. and is pivoted it its lower end eeat 111510 the housing;

per enc lfof the ben isi provided Witha turned? oi elj, 'end, 113 the edge of which is adapted to rest against a shoiilden114:"formecl at V one'extnemity of the cani'suffac'e 6350f the of said. 1 lever is I ovedj inpwar clly as'fin'die oatedbyFigs. "14 na 115 the end'of'the bar ll0lwillbe released whereby the s ring; 112

seen in Said figures, either striking oi other: ise 'moy ng mmember testart the actuation of theniechifnisin which iewbeeontrouea y' th s d ice-'7 T e, nerti truc f; il Cli e v j ei ibt i 'n V '--in7des1 and enstruation, and" since the .:resides in" the control of the V the v diiiwings 01 thesake o memes a d be a e th y m y b ar i hezriini olsi a r by th be: e u v r; 931 "In other"wofds, ;whenFthef key 15 is '7 "rotated it "osoilla te sgaid leveit joiusing pin lf e lfi fi d Q bar 1 and osoi'llatesaid fbar about its ipi'vot, Q 16 nio ing itffi'oni theposition showninFig 2/50] the position shoWnin Fi" Il li j "Durin P thisimoveinentythef end ll3 se icl bztr'will .llClB Tundenthef lowerfedge ofithe holding" lever 64 "dausing the latterfto v o scilletefabout" itsv pivot until the: end; of said harfreach es "endjwill snapin to' the anglefornriecllby th ce'rnsu r face and the sho nlde 114' j As an edditionalllock for the onei eting F 11 0 thereflis' provide'clga,c sheped [rev lensingleVer 115,;"pivotedtothe'honsing as J V lying in the :ve'rticalf plane of and zigklaipted j theflattei" isji etuinedf under the r tension" of tohe'str byftheibar i etnrn lever 93 when v withfp'iTtieuler "i'efe eno'eQtoQ Figsf 2zand7 it 1 Will'befseen' that whel'li the banret'nfn. leve jreaches the position shown in Fig. 2'

one corner jthereof 1-18 1 'Willf engage I the end 117 of the P releasingfleverf and oscillate] it 7' in a dire c'tion t'o cause its opposite end 119 w i'eleesel, the-end 113 of the bet-r110; i That j is to sey'faispring 1205 see Fig. 2;;no1 mally k i035 mounted: [on (l by "the spying C0115 holds the end 119 of the relee'sing lever V V latching position Withfrespejct to the opersurface offthe" end 119 of the 'I el'easinglever and oscillate thelatter to jp'e'i mit :passage;

etin'g' b-ar ll0, but when seid le'Yer is' oper-' eting as just clesc ribed theoperating berg will be released and it will "fiy under 'spring tension'from the position shown infFig, 14 totheposition shown in Fig; 2;" -'Whenthe 7 bar lis'r'etu ifned it will strike theob liqnecam e Q of said 'bai'f past said} end, and: the levers V 6 1 and are so dimensioned and placed that the end 113' of Qthe bar will si'mnlteneonsly pass the ends 'ofs'aicl levelis and thus 'pei nit both levers tolook said end' at the" same time, 'On'e, end Of-"S'Pring 120 'is" at;

ta'che d' to the relees ing levef 115*and its other end isse'cii ed to the detent 6 8, thereby" keeping'bfoth linder' com nonltens on.

- The no t wall 8 of the ca sin'g isprovidecl I ith openingf123fbest'i'shownin Fig. 1;; in L throughwhiohithe ,c'oins mayg-drop froiii i" the coindisk'QO intoe' s'uitable space -Within the hoiising oi intozi coin box fidaptdfto holdjthe coins until they are collected, l h'e f loivef edge-of this opening'is bevelled was I 1 plate has.i'nour' tedl"uponits raffacen" lea-f spring "125 havin secureda't 'its free.- end a, pin 126 "which is adepted to be movecl in a direction awayj'fromjsaid-plate for the purpose of tilting-a" coin snchv as shown-in Fig. 4 at 127',from?its 'positionflwithin; the 1 coin disk, when 'saidi coin has travelled around to a position opposite the opening means} 011 moving said pin comprises, a

fing'ei 128" having :a bevelled '-edge', said I finger being an extensio'nvon the member 129 i secured to thein'tern'al '12" of the stud V of the'he'ndle 11 7' inclic ated' zit12 1 toas'sistin the direction of :123in the i i'ont vvall ofthe'housing.v The f In other Wordshml'vvith partionlai' ref-V erence to Fig; it will be understood that; l

g '110 y 'Willf move ztherewith-oventhe inner su fac of the oover platelOffom a position snCh Y i as: the" handleiis 'rotated the inembef 129 as showriiflfull "lines to the dotted line'pjor ride "under the proj eating pin 126, springingitaway froin'saidfplatefl Thecoin'Qsuch V 'asf 127' j'(See Fig. i4); is thus "positively ejeotedffroinitsf position in the vcoindisk ZQjancl ifallsflby' gravity," as indicated, into the spade intended to i reiceive' it; The inner su' r f-ae ofthfe bottom 'we-ll of the housing 7, may be upwardly inolinedr as shown in- Fig movement "thedesi'red' H nisfn being, (soilt'rdlled liy this de disk is provided" to allow F learance-fame ,1 1eespring 125ew--: ;-.i 2 i The operetion of thie device i'se'sfollows: Whe'Ii 'e' 'coiil" 6f the predetermined 'Sizje" has been inserted in' the coin chute fit' will drop by gravityinto e pi;eke1:*ifdrmed byfthe, 510112 5 :ef th coin disk 20' and rest against one of the corners hetweefi seid sletwayf 'afid the radial passage 24 thr'oii'gh which -the coin has just f' e'se'ed'. The eperetorf then turns the handle l'l 'i 'l'i e-eloek wise direetidn" as seen in Fig; 1- which; ceu see the bar returning. lever 93 to move about its pivot v whereupon the fingerQO, cer ried at the ehd movement a; tooth (if the etar wheel; icon- O'fsziid level, will enter the't'leiiate slot .89, engage an; edge Q'f' theinserted coin and, through said eeiriweiise the-coin disk 20 tobeflr tated; The star w11eel '51," bein leaked t6 saidqdisk-by 'meene of the 111M328, will" likeWiSef -he "rotated Qehd dl'iring rthis taeting; with the ielle 58, will I caii'se en 'xthepin loiearrledby the lever "-93fwi1l be seil-lationiof the levei' 59 about its pii bt latter: to :move out of e' l'etehihg relation ar'euetely meved ahd, if the sep reting bar pih will move"Saidgberebolit" its pivot 111 f f tethefpoeition shown iih' Fig; I41, ihthis 1101s inthe position shOWn' iii-'Fig;"2, Said moveme t creating a greateritensien eponthe spring- 112 eentr llihg said bar. When I Y thehandle 11 'hes' b'een tui ned elo kwise to the; limit of its 'movem nt, thejiipper end 0f the operating bar 110 willhe've passed beyond end'become letchedybyftheupper: end (iffthe C shaped 'releeeiiiggleveit115; D'l'ii'ijfig'," theturning" of the handle" 1'1= the spring 99 wi1l';

have pla ed the bar returning lever 913 un-j der' teheion'siiffici nt'to cause e haturel" 1e tu -fi meveme t efthehendle-ehd said -lever in e; -*ieohhteir- 1eloekwi'se' direetieh during which moveme'nt' the upper e d eerhertlls I of said lever will i came i 'up 'end I et ike the mehhe dqeveriehd eeue ieleee y he end 113*{offthe op lower end'1'1-7 of the; i e'leesih'gleverg gthei'm- Y peel, being 'euflicient itd eseilletej said lest I upper I end to 110. Whenthufs releaeedsdidpber 110 w ll cover plate 10. Themeehaniem v the" pbsitldn 1 the positiehi nfi eeidimeehenieih into operation At theena oftheseopefetieneth inserted eeihgwin have passed w position indicated 7 at 130; in Fig. ;6 "where it isjiiieihle onl' i i threug e wiiide'wmih'the eeimdiek'eobue, v V

eperating-herlil'ilO "Will p6 moved as 'just-j abovedeseribed but in-the movement of the 1sit-"o'er;its' :upper -iend will *ride gu der the J else irilsibl'e through af-wihdew-"li ll' iiiithe being c611 tiblled may b Provided with ehy'euit e i .2

mee nefor stepping the operation thereof et a predetermined tim 'sueh as at the end of a renditionih the ease ofe' player piene, but

inasmuch-as this formeno part ofthedestate .thateaid device will n'otbe actuated again untilthemech'anism is desired to be put in operation.

in the coin disk 20 as above described and whenthe handlell is e ain ot'eted in a Clock-Wise direction the'semem'ovements as -v'icehereiri described it will be sufficient 1:0;-

When the nextic'oili is inserted in thee-01h chute 25 it Will pass to a similar position 5 the releasing lever 115. The return ofthe handle llend itseseociated lever 93 will uh latch the releasing lever 1l5 a'nd eeueeseid Operating bar to set in operation: the c611- trqlled mechanism. The coin just inserted will thenhave passed to the p sition1-30 z'ihd the previ usl inserted coin will have "passed te the position 132, see-Fi 6, Where i'ei vieible e through the windew 133 in.-

the coveip plate 10. V

The same op'eretien's are repeated when a third eqi has "been illerted' which passes "to the p eifioh 130, the two previously ineerted eoin' passing" tethe'posit'ions 134 and 132" reepeetively-,,-tlie first inserted eoin now bei g iviei'ble through "the window 135; of

before described, the fifst coin ineertedfwill 'It' often occurs that a machine adapted te ibe coin c'ojntrelled is subjected to actuatifon e'r attem ted eetu'atiohb' an operator "withbut 'the i'n'seltion of at coin, With the expeete'ney of; getting" something for nothih and therefore devices Of this end similar the 'ever plate 10. the next eipinvis inserted, llbwever, ar dthe handle turned as character must be aso onstruetedes' hot to I needs-Therefore, whehbfie'turns the handle there i's n0 eoih agaihetf which the finger 90 can contact,-E thelej will be no simultaneous EIHQVQYH'GDU Of the star Wheeland cf'oin disk i viththe handle, andtherefere there' will be;

no movementof the 1ever' 5'9. Consequently However, since the bar return' l'ever 9321s" ell-ow the frieehe iism to'he ilhlocked i hleee e c'oih of predeterminedqvelue.and $128 18 the lever e l remains in the position s'ho'wnin J a simultafieou'ely escilletedfby movement-of v the handle, the "releasing level 115 ehd: the v urred lower. edgeyof'i he ever, .MJIW iQh. i

sogs ap' e about its pi)? s to, perm tzsaid le ertobe req 0 r When t e oprerat g mfl a I substantially; :reagheda the limit of its r nove r ment'togtheleftas seen irrFig; 2' bothlevers 59; and 64c Will befmoved underspring action tolateh the upper end of'rsaid bar 'during which; movement the finger 90 will llkewise -haveengag'ed the dog78,};the upper end of whiohl'causes placement of the lever 59 ;with' its aroller58 {Within a, pocket between twofadjaben't gteeth of gthe star Wheel.- The".

it tensionofthe-spring'99.will, as usual,- cause Send, will passfput of la ivi'thwthe operati g bar;

not'be permitted to fly; to the positionshown -inxFi'g, 2 since-the shoulder llei otth lever a return oif the handle 11 to its original po- 7 Y ,siti on; duringij'whigh :jmovement; the rele'asl l5iwillbej rocked so that its upper tol ing engagement jinglev'er but t e la e w 64 Will hold it; @111 other Words it requires a: coin in; the coin; disk, and against which i the fingerg90'TCOntaCts, togcause a? "rotary.

"m vem th ii tar' W e w c nvtl r 1i rolsthejreleasingf of the Iex'rerfi i through eofit the intermediate lever 59, '1 XTll handle 11:. can beeope:

- times as desired iwithout the; insertion of "a coinibnt,regardless of how many -tinaes; it :1s

v r glatchedi nde ing 1ever'64ef' r is inserted for legitimateoperationof this j :Qpe'rat d, i he abpgr ting bar; wi l; rem

r flsip ing ft ps onihy th 1. 3

:W emhow ve h ix w device, thestar wheelwill be, permitted to ;therefore .it ;is the "foregoing-g denianded byithe'. claims, r PrVWhat is"claimed,Lis?:. g l 1'. 111119 00111 controlled f anis'ms the combination ofian perati n'g bar funlatching means i=forjs'aid holding mean's operating;.bar releasing meansyfand means;

rotate-and, through the lever-H59; pause" a release; of 1 the lever details :of; eonstruetion I l and from, ,the, "spiriti'of this inyentiom and not, desired Ito be*' limited to disclosure, exeept as may be for moving fsaidz releasin'g means as' well} as placing:lsaid bari indertnsi? 7 oted: inemberg for said ihar coin eont'roll'ed placing said bar under tension 1 'ani sms the combiliati v 64,,whereup9n the 010- fereting bar wi11 begfreed=whenj the handle .qri t 'rns.wdli sgpo iti n f st d rocksth ""-.'re1easing[,leirer 11-5 -I j a V f It is obvious; that those skilled in the .,art' 1, may] Vary} the} arrangements f parts Wi thont departing "release-01K.meb b In a. vcoin cont 1' l 1ed;.-re1e I e r nisms' the,comieination;of apiyoted ioper ating banfholdirigqheeiiis comprising a. piV-E V :Ineans for said 'holding meansy "operat ng barrelea'sing means :andi injeans ,"QfQYjmOVHigT sa d ireleasing jmeans 1as +We11-f;as

ntrolledz release;"01;merjh- V 7 n1 1anop ra ingh m= 7. -hol'dingmeans forsaidgbarr;seanrjpperating I zlmeeg Ia i mis ejcombin t e 'aniqpe i ig be 7' 1 h ldi g me n L QrJ-Sa dba e nq ding; e

ent? ng geab t sai m e ss e nf o troll d unla chingeme sforfsaid; holding P r L me s ;'f.;0p ati-ng? barr r ea ng mea s 111 was under C m ne sio th a d tent' nd :m ensr r im ving sgud; ml as V la 'a- EPleQiHg s vsbat und riiztensi fIn a'coin controlledLreleasqjfo mejc 1;o 01d g; ine fl r' li'b i ;'& O 11. Q iQl1 unl t h nglmea s; or sai holdi g means; 9 operating 'bar'qreleasing; meansgand m-'::

111 1 m ns for movi 'gs id' leasing sa d an un er ens o hen pera e another "direoti0n'.;-j5f T 11 means ;1 operating bal releasing imeans;

;wel a pla ing-' 'aidqba undertenfimrsand "ope ing he;'z ilath ngmeans A .I o ni ontj ol 'drelea e knew- V i m including .Qpe e i g a unde tension the combination Q1213, eoi 'n reeeiying disk; operating barfreleasing means ;va d uo ea forf tuat ng seidrrel e ing mea d ng a is ar "whee ca iedi ya d; di k;

s d skr-fo amqy ng t la ter- Iii o nr ntr l ni 'ms i clu ng; rm-enemies?ba i-and i h r r' -P'1ei g; b riund :tensipn ina Q' f? 'fieelyflm ilt m mber Provided with 'POQkQt'S-ftOliQQeiYQjiilsgrteflcoin operating bar -;releasingg-nieans -=ineans ar, r ml' by i sa d immb friw Che ting. said i i leasing man m ans; ,rva'blfef With jsaidf h ndle an e gegee l w th inzin; n of said pockets} for jaetiiating said; mei rh n i m en uatQ 1:;- y Said es m n o m anstopos t on;s d' memberiferr e iii g coins ijsaidpockets"up'orra completeinove r 11 i i-"se dhandm; i w Q-i l-i ;;QQi! F: Q l IZQ1l61 1-4 s 3- 0 v 0.0m controlled release 1 ion mech- 911 s placing, said ban under 5-v Ine i o l d r ase mean as;

enisinsl t e. binatie f m 1 .e fa i g 19M 5J Y W I means; i e pera d 1.1- on d rec ion; an pla ing 2 fl; In-" c n ,contr e fr le seiorl elv la s the, gmbm qn I o fll vope i lllg" a Qld g me ns r e d-bar; c' oin" col z w r ll u hmg iime f sa or a d h ld ngs j means; for moving; said "releasing -mean sv as[ v means eontrolledbyljan inserted, coin for los and Ta; member; engageable; with a" eoing n,

'wh rr idz'handl i emedw 1 p 7 handle and engageable with a coin in one of anisms including an operating bar and a handle for placing said bar under tension whenever said handle is actuated the combination of a freely mounted member provided With pockets to receive inserted coins; operating bar releasing means; means carried by said member for actuating said releasing means; means movable with said said pockets for actuating said member; and means cooperating with said releasing means and actuated by said'last mentioned means to position said member for receiving coins in said pockets upon a complete movement of said handle. v

In testimony whereof I 'aflix my signa-v ture.

WALTER A. TRATsoH. v 

